History of the Week (and some updates)

Updates

Firstly, I have the new spiffy timelytipple.com domain now! Plus, I know the RSS feeder wasn't working, but that should be taken care of (hopefully). Also spent a week in Italy vacationing and getting caught up on some reading and writing. So the next few blog posts are already in the pipeline!

​Also working on a few other side project that I hope to announce soon.

Alcohol History Links July 22 - 29th
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Pub Goers of the 1970s

The good peeps over at Boak and Bailey are undergoing a research project, it seems. If you drank in pubs during 1975 - 1981, drop them a line!
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Pulque's support of Agave crops

Good! I have had pulque only once (and can understand why it might not be to everyone’s taste), and really enjoyed it. Would be rad if it was more available.​
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Blessing the barrel

Religious views aside, nice to see the revival of a ritual.
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Archaeological Support

I hope something good comes out of this, but it may already be too late. It’s pretty grim in the archaeological world (and science in general, if you dont study medicine / engineering related things).
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Brewing Heritage Trail

“The trail will tell the story of Cincinnati’s beer culture by showcasing the city’s historic breweries and taverns through a series of plaques and murals."

Microbial diversity of Borassus akeasii wine

An academic journal was recently published on the microflora of palm wine from Burkina Faso. They monitored the fermentation of two palm wines during the time theyre traditionally produced and consumed. Their results showed different yeast and bacterial populations. Saccharomyces cerevisiae remained the only yeast in one fermentation, but was outcompeted by Corynebacterium sp, and Lactobacillus. I’ll have to do a full review of this later on as it seems like an interesting read.